On the road of trade

Due to the limitation of territory in the Song Dynasty, the overland Silk Road left over from the Tang Dynasty was impassable, and the trade with overseas tea, silk and porcelain could only be carried out by sea. Because the huge overseas demand for China's tea and other materials has not changed, we will send ships to China for trade, which is an important reason why the maritime trade was so developed in the Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is also a last resort.

The Song Dynasty was greatly influenced by the light of the Tang Dynasty. Without the opening of the port in the Tang Dynasty, the maritime trade in the Song Dynasty would not have such a good foundation, and it would be poor and weak in the Song Dynasty. In the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, China gradually closed its doors to the outside world, and China's magnificent road to overseas trade finally came to an end in the West.